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Originally Posted by arista

Yes we are all aware of Conservatives jumping.

But so many Labour Voters are now going to UKIP
due to their pathetic Ed leader

I think to balance it you may be right but I think it is more likely since I have talked to some who did,that their hopes were if UKIP did really well in the European elections etc; that Ed Miliband would also come to offer a referendum on the EU too.
Something I think in fact he probably will now but not before the conferences in the Autumn.
Claiming that he has listened and carefully considered the wishes of those likely 'loaned' Labour voters to UKIP.

For the Conservatives, it is a different picture.
Clearly what you say as to Ed Miliband must also apply to David Cameron since he has claimed to be tougher on immigration and is also on about holding a referendum,yet he is losing even more of his voters to UKIP.

Perhaps that is most probably because in the eyes of a good number of Conservative voters, he is already seen as a loser, by failing to secure an overall majority in 2010.
Furthermore and more to the point, also in looking like he will never come near to achieving one in 2015 either.

It is my guess,most of those Labour soft supporters will realise the only way to get this govt. out is to vote Labour and will,if they vote at all, duly do so in the 2015 election for Labour.
I don't really see the Conservative support going back to them however since David Cameron already has in place virtually UKIP's wishes as to the EU,yet a good number of usually Conservative supporters seem to not be listening or simply don't believe David Cameron on the issue.

I think Joey Barton too was right,he said in the elections just held,(not for future elections), that voters had seen UKIP as the best of a bad bunch at that time.
However he would have put it, as he did last night on QT or in a better less controversial way,I think he did get that spot on.